Title: Presswell Content Extractor
Author: Presswell
Published: November 3, 2026
Last modified: November 3, 2026
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# Presswell Content Extractor
By [Presswell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/presswell/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/presswell-content-extractor.1.0.0.zip)
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## Description
Presswell Content Extractor gives AI agents and crawlers a clean Markdown copy of
your posts and pages, plus an `llms.txt` index that lists them. Content is converted
on your server, cached, and kept in step with your SEO and caching plugins.
**Features**
* Serve any post or page as Markdown by adding `.md` to its address
* Publish an `llms.txt` index of your content
* Serve Markdown to agents that ask for it, on the regular post address
* Include SEO titles, descriptions, canonical URLs, robots rules, and social details
in YAML frontmatter
* Leave out posts your SEO plugin marks noindex
* Convert with the built-in converter or Cloudflare’s toMarkdown API
* Clear cached Markdown when your page cache is purged
* Review activity in a private debug log
* Follow Presswell Site Structure’s page tree, menu labels, featured posts, and
breadcrumbs
**_Markdown Endpoints_**
Add `.md` to any permalink, such as `example.com/hello-world.md`, to get the post
as Markdown. Each document starts with YAML frontmatter: title, publish and modified
dates, permalink, excerpt, the post’s categories, tags, and other terms under `taxonomies`,
and an `seo` object with the SEO title, description, canonical URL, robots rules,
and Open Graph and Twitter details. With Presswell Site Structure, a `breadcrumbs`
trail is added. Your front page is at `/index.md`, and _View Markdown_ appears in
the post list.
**_llms.txt_**
```
/llms.txt lists your published content, most recently updated first and grouped by post type, with links to each post's Markdown. A static front page is listed once, as Home.
```
With Presswell Site Structure, pages follow the page tree: in tree order, nested
under their parents, with menu labels. Flat post types with “Use order on site”
follow their tree order too. When its Featured Posts feature is on, a Featured section
lists featured posts in their featured order.
Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO can publish their own llms.txt. While one
of them does, Content Extractor serves none, so the two never clash. The settings
page shows which plugin provides it and offers to switch to Content Extractor’s.
**_Content Negotiation_**
Requests that prefer `text/markdown` in their `Accept` header receive Markdown from
the regular post address. You can also turn on _User Agent Negotiation_ to send
Markdown to known AI crawlers, such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot; it’s
off by default, since those crawlers don’t ask for Markdown and people visiting
the same address see HTML. Every post also advertises its Markdown address with
a `` tag and a `Link` header.
**_SEO and Caching Plugins_**
Titles, descriptions, canonical URLs, robots rules, and social details come from
Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress, Slim SEO, or The SEO Framework:
the values each prints in the page’s head, whether set on the post or generated
from its templates and post type and site defaults. Posts they mark noindex are
left out.
Markdown is cached until the post changes, and cleared when you purge WP Rocket,
W3 Total Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, WP Fastest Cache, Cache Enabler, WP-Optimize, Breeze,
or Nginx Helper. Browsers, CDNs, and page caches may keep a `.md` or llms.txt response
for up to an hour. Markdown sent from a post’s regular address is never stored,
since it shares that address with your HTML.
**_Converter_**
HTML is converted by the plugin’s own converter, which uses PHP’s DOM extension
and ships no third-party code. You can use Cloudflare’s toMarkdown API instead,
with your own account; if Cloudflare returns an error, the built-in converter is
used.
#### Documentation
**Public APIs**
**pwce_get_markdown_for_post( $post_id )**
* **$post_id** (int) (required) – ID of the post
Returns the post’s Markdown document, including frontmatter: the same document its`.
md` address serves. Returns an empty string when the post isn’t published as Markdown(
not published, password-protected, of a post type that isn’t enabled, or noindex).
Example:
```
$markdown = pwce_get_markdown_for_post( get_the_ID() );
```
**pwce_get_settings()**
Returns the plugin’s settings.
Example:
```
$settings = pwce_get_settings();
```
**Filters**
**pwce_frontmatter_data**
Filters the frontmatter for a post before it is written as YAML.
Arguments:
* **$data** (array) – Frontmatter values.
* **$post** (WP_Post) – The post.
Example:
```
add_filter( 'pwce_frontmatter_data', function( $data, $post ) {
$data['author'] = get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $post->post_author );
return $data;
}, 10, 2 );
```
**pwce_markdown_content**
Filters the finished Markdown document.
Arguments:
* **$document** (string) – Markdown document.
* **$post** (WP_Post) – The post.
* **$frontmatter** (array) – Frontmatter values.
**pwce_llms_entries**
Filters the entries listed in llms.txt.
Arguments:
* **$entries** (array) – Entries, each with `post_id`, `url`, `title`, `post_type`,
and `lastmod`.
* **$post_types** (array) – Post types listed.
Example:
```
add_filter( 'pwce_llms_entries', function( $entries ) {
$entries[] = array(
'url' => home_url( '/docs.md' ),
'title' => 'Documentation',
'post_type' => 'page',
);
return $entries;
} );
```
**More filters**
* **pwce_supported_post_types** – Post types published as Markdown.
* **pwce_cache_ttl** – Seconds a Markdown document is cached (default one week).
* **pwce_http_cache_max_age** – Seconds browsers and page caches may keep a `.md`
or llms.txt response (default one hour; 0 stops them storing it).
* **pwce_fallback_rendered_html** – HTML to convert when a post’s content renders
empty, such as with some page builders.
* **pwce_agent_user_agents** – User agent fragments that receive Markdown when
user agent negotiation is on.
* **pwce_allow_home_markdown_negotiation** – Allow negotiation on the front page(
default false, to keep caches of `/` safe).
* **pwce_redirect_archive_markdown_to_llms** – Whether `/index.md` redirects to
llms.txt when the front page lists posts.
* **pwce_archive_markdown_redirect_url** – Where that redirect goes.
* **pwce_llms_post_types** – Post types listed in llms.txt.
* **pwce_llms_max_entries** – Most entries listed in llms.txt (default 1000, most
recently updated first).
* **pwce_llms_cache_ttl** – Seconds llms.txt is cached (default one week).
* **pwce_serve_llms_txt** – Whether Content Extractor serves llms.txt.
* **pwce_llms_txt_conflicts** – Other llms.txt sources found.
* **pwce_exclude_noindex_posts** – Whether noindex posts are left out (default
true).
* **pwce_is_post_available** – Whether a post is published as Markdown, after the
built-in checks: its `.md` address, negotiation, alternate link, llms.txt entries,
and `pwce_get_markdown_for_post()`. Return false to hide a post; return true
only with care, since its content is then served to anyone.
* **pwce_seo_adapters** – SEO plugin adapters, in order of precedence.
* **pwce_seo_normalized_data** – SEO data merged from the active SEO plugins: `
source`, `title`, `description`, `canonical_url`, `robots`, `social`, and `providers`.
Everything except `providers` fills the frontmatter’s `seo` object.
* **pwce_cache_purge_hooks** – Hooks that clear all Markdown when a page cache
is purged.
* **pwce_default_settings** – Default settings.
* **pwce_filter_settings** – Settings from the settings page, before they are saved.
* **pwce_debug_log_filename** – Filename of the private debug log.
* **pwce_debug_log_max_bytes** – Size at which the debug log rotates (default 5
MB).
* **pwce_llms_use_site_structure_tree** – Whether a post type’s llms.txt section
follows its Presswell Site Structure tree (default true).
* **pwce_llms_featured_section** – Whether llms.txt lists Presswell Site Structure’s
featured posts (default true).
* **pwce_frontmatter_breadcrumbs** – Whether the frontmatter includes the Presswell
Site Structure breadcrumb trail (default true).
**Actions**
**pwce_before_markdown_render**
Fires before a post’s Markdown is built.
Arguments:
* **$post_id** (int) – Post ID.
**pwce_after_markdown_cache**
Fires after a post’s Markdown is built and cached.
Arguments:
* **$post_id** (int) – Post ID.
* **$cache_key** (string) – Cache key.
* **$document** (string) – Markdown document.
### Privacy
Presswell Content Extractor publishes Markdown copies of content that is already
public on your site. Private, draft, scheduled, password-protected, and noindex
posts are never included.
By default all conversion happens on your server and no data is sent to external
services. See _External services_ below for the optional Cloudflare converter.
### External services
This plugin can send post content to Cloudflare to convert it to Markdown. It only
does this when you choose _Cloudflare_ under _Markdown Generation_ in the settings
and enter your own Cloudflare account ID and API token.
When enabled, each time a post’s Markdown is generated (the first request after
the post changes, or after caches are cleared), the plugin sends the post’s rendered
HTML and your site’s hostname to the Cloudflare Workers AI toMarkdown API (`api.
cloudflare.com`), authenticated with your API token.
* Service: Cloudflare Workers AI, provided by Cloudflare, Inc.
* Terms of service: https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/
* Privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
## Screenshots
[⌊Settings: choose which post types are published as Markdown, how agents can request
it, and whether to convert on your server or with Cloudflare.⌉⌊Settings: choose
which post types are published as Markdown, how agents can request it, and whether
to convert on your server or with Cloudflare.⌉[
Settings: choose which post types are published as Markdown, how agents can request
it, and whether to convert on your server or with Cloudflare.
[⌊Tools: clear cached Markdown and llms.txt.⌉⌊Tools: clear cached Markdown and llms.
txt.⌉[
Tools: clear cached Markdown and llms.txt.
[⌊Debug: see which converter is in use, who serves llms.txt, and your Markdown addresses,
and turn on a temporary debug log.⌉⌊Debug: see which converter is in use, who serves
llms.txt, and your Markdown addresses, and turn on a temporary debug log.⌉[
Debug: see which converter is in use, who serves llms.txt, and your Markdown addresses,
and turn on a temporary debug log.
## Installation
Install via the WordPress plugin installer, or manually upload the plugin directory
to `wp-content/plugins/`.
**Configuration**
1. Activate the plugin.
2. Navigate to _Settings -> Content Extractor_.
3. Choose which post types to publish as Markdown. Posts and pages are on by default.
4. Choose how agents are served Markdown, and which converter to use.
## FAQ
### How do I see the Markdown for a post?
Add `.md` to the end of its address, or use _View Markdown_ in the post list. A
static front page is at `/index.md`; when your homepage shows your latest posts,`/
index.md` goes to llms.txt instead.
With plain permalinks (_Settings -> Permalinks_), addresses use a query string instead:`?
pwce_markdown=123` for a post and `?pwce_llms=1` for llms.txt.
### Can members-only content end up in the Markdown?
No. Markdown is rendered as a logged-out visitor sees the post, so content that
membership or paywall plugins show only to signed-in users is left out, whoever
requests it first.
### Which content is included?
Published, non-password-protected posts of the post types you enable. Private, draft,
and scheduled posts are never included, and neither are posts your SEO plugin marks
noindex. To include noindex posts, return false from the `pwce_exclude_noindex_posts`
filter.
### My SEO plugin already makes an llms.txt. What happens?
While Yoast SEO, Rank Math, or All in One SEO publishes its own llms.txt, Content
Extractor serves none; the `.md` addresses keep working either way. To use Content
Extractor’s, click _Use Content Extractor’s llms.txt_ on the settings page. That
turns off the other plugin’s llms.txt setting, which removes its file, and you can
turn it back on in that plugin at any time.
If an `llms.txt` file you added yourself is in your site’s root folder, the web
server serves it instead. Delete or rename it to use Content Extractor’s.
### Does content negotiation work with page caching?
The `.md` addresses always work. Negotiation on the regular post address needs WordPress
to handle the request, so a page cache that serves stored HTML before WordPress
runs answers those requests with HTML. Agents that follow the `Link` header or the`
` tag still find the Markdown.
### How long is Markdown cached?
Until the post changes, the plugin’s settings change, a page cache is purged, or
a week passes, whichever comes first. Use _Clear Cache_ on the _Tools_ tab of _Settings-
> Content Extractor_ to clear everything.
Browsers, CDNs, and page caches can also keep a `.md` address or llms.txt for up
to an hour, so a change can take that long to reach everyone. Use the `pwce_http_cache_max_age`
filter to shorten it.
### Does the plugin include third-party code?
No. If PHP’s DOM extension is missing, a basic built-in converter is used instead.
### What is removed when I delete the plugin?
Cached Markdown, usage counters, and debug logs are always removed. Settings, including
a saved Cloudflare token, are removed only when _Remove Data_ is on.
## Reviews
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## Contributors & Developers
“Presswell Content Extractor” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Presswell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/presswell/)
* [ benplum ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benplum/)
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## Changelog
#### 1.0.0
* First public release with Markdown endpoints, llms.txt, content negotiation for
AI agents, SEO plugin support, and optional Cloudflare conversion.
## Meta
* Version **1.0.0**
* Last updated **17 hours ago**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 6.9 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.1.4**
* PHP version ** 8.2 or higher **
* Tags
* [AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)[crawlers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/crawlers/)
[llms.txt](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/llms-txt/)[markdown](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/markdown/)
[seo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
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## Contributors
* [ Presswell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/presswell/)
* [ benplum ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benplum/)
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